Oooh yummy! I love raspberry drops. I recollect that the Sov Hill bullseyes are particularly fine too. Is this still so? As it's been a good few years since I last went there.

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 129d

I've gone raspberry, blackcurrant, acid drops and butterballs. Will report back

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d

delicious, thank you 😊

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Update of the flagship chilli tree:

lol

gonna have to stake that.

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

Lots of fruit too I see. Impressive.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 129d (2 replies)

Thank you for the birthday wishes! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :3

Mickey has been treated like the Monarch he is, he is now sleeping in his Pondering Orb (I think).

Apropos of nothing, but Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band slaps 🎉

Edit:

::: spoiler the pondering continues :::

Oh, also I have a free birthday drink waiting for me at Inner North Brewery. I shall be attending tomorrow, if anyone would like to come along :) I should be there around 3:30-4pm :)

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

Happy (late) birthday spud 🕺🏻💃🏻

Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

Eyyy belayed haps!

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 129d (6 replies)

DR not happy with my test results. I have some new medication to take and some follow ups to do. 😬

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d (5 replies)

Never mind it happens. My man is on BP pills for life and he's fit. Sometimes it's lifestyle. Sometimes it's genetic. Sometimes it's both. You can dm me if you wanna talk.

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d (4 replies)

I've been on BP pills for years now. It's 100% genetic. It was high when I was unfit and barely improved after losing weight and getting fitter.

I could have 3 coffees and have normal BP, and some days, it's high because it wants to be.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (3 replies)

Wow. My husband lost about 20 kgs. Went from the highest dosage to now the lowest. He was having frequent migraines and now has none.

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

I've never actually had any symptoms apart from the BP itself. I'm on a low dose and it's working well.

To be fair, my BP was on the low end of 'high'.

Interestingly my mum has low blood pressure and takes meds for it.

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Tbh my lifestyle probably isn't helping either 🤣

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d

Well I have seen your breakfast choices. You do love a salty nood or two.

You got this! ❤️

phant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 129d (3 replies)

Hi all :) I'm going to plug a gig I'm organising to celebrate the launch of my album. I feel a bit self promo-y doin this, but thought some may be interested. https://events.humanitix.com/fehlbergo-album-launch Thurs April 23rd, Bar 303 Northcote. (Tix are $11.50, but if you wanna go and you're strapped for cash just send me a message and we'll sort it out :)

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Sounds fun. Link to previous music?

phant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 129d

It's only on Bandcamp and Soundcloud, but you can stream it free and accountless on both :) https://fehlbergo.bandcamp.com/album/luv-c

https://on.soundcloud.com/2yVZ4QQouUmdCUErmi

It will be real fun! Jan and Babysitter bands are supporting, so a good night of wholesome and authentic music.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

Ooooooooo northcote not far from me. You may see me there :3

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 129d

This was the first week in like a month I wasn't still at the desk at midnight at least once. Celebrating with some wine and culinary class masters on Netflix. Feel like I can actually relax finally for a bit

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 129d

Fuck my feet hurt.

I’d entirely forgotten that Sovereign Hill had hills

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Girlfriend took me to Farm Vigano yesterday for my birthday. Good food and a great location, but the highlight of going there is getting to see Am A Bell Crabb again: ::: spoiler Am A Bell Crabb

:::

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d

Happy belated birthday ❤️

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 129d

Greetings from Ballarat!

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 129d

I am starting to seriously look at buying a house, however my enthusiasm for the process is about on a par with going to the dentist. I wish I could just pick a house out of an online catalogue and skip all of the tedious looking/inspecting/negotiating bit.

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 129d (2 replies)

::: spoiler spoiler Cat was going to be taken last night or this morning but no foster place has been found yet. I agreed to give him the ringworm meds while the rescuer keeps looking. It puts off the difficult moment but drags out the guilt and uncertainty :(

Edit: Now the crazy neighbour has seen him with me and asked if it’s my cat. He’s at risk now. And he won’t take his pills. :::

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Its ok..you have done the right thing

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d

It’s awful. I’m always having to do unpleasant things that scared little animals don’t understand in order to help them.

Edit: Sorry, thought this was about fighting him to take the pill

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d

Good Morning. 😊

LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d (1 reply)

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Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

you have finished lots of things, you did your uni degrees 👍 So you can finish things

everything else is not a continuation of this but are new tasks , often requiring new skills and different personal attributes

also, change is not failure 👍

you can do this 😊

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

Gibson it's 8pm. The lamp stays on.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

think I'll put a warm jumper and hat on and go to the beach after lunch 😊just for a short walk

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d (2 replies)

rain, big rain

my lawn needs mowing 🤨

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (1 reply)

Rest assured, It will be there after the rain

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

twice as high!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

c'mon, just a few days without rain so my lawn can dry out enough to mow

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

Apparently there is a seal lying on the highway at Mccrae - it's blocking traffic and motorists have been advised to avoid the area. It's the main road parallel to the beach ...

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (9 replies)

First real wrangling of the beast… I got him to come over for food then scooped him into my crouched lap and dripped the pill crushed with water into his mouth the same way I used to with Melbcat.

No hissing or scratching but his squirming and fighting was frantic. Feel bad that I restrained him until he’d had it all before I let him go. He ran away and looked back a couple of times while I was apologetically calling but disappeared into the night utterly disgusted with me. I hope it hasn’t lost the trust I built up. I’m meant to do this every day 😔

But what am I supposed to do? Can’t let him be a scabby boy. No fosters want a ringworm cat because it would spread to their other healthy ones, and to have a separate ringworm section I’d have to surrender him to a no kill shelter. I can’t see him doing well there even if they accepted him.

I’m so shitty I returned Melbcat’s unused meds because one of them was a very effective anti-anxiety medication. It could really have helped me with this. I might have to try him on Zylkene to see if it helps him adjust to all this.

::: spoiler spoiler I also called Griefline earlier because I’m missing my baby girl so much. This new crisis is overshadowing her but her loss is seeping through. In the quiet times I have I’m remembering her and holding her urn and really going through it. I wish I had the opportunity to slow down and deal with things. :::

Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d (1 reply)

That's the worst part for me. The falling into the holes in your life where they're supposed to be. hugs

Don't try and have a timeline. Grief sets its own meter

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d

Yep. It keeps getting you

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d (6 replies)

so many hugs

put on his wet food https://www.headwayanimalhealth.com.au/oralfungol-oral-solution/

::: spoiler spoiler Put the urn on a shelf. Look at it. Don't hug it. Don't reinforce difficult emotions.

:::

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (5 replies)

Thanks, I might get that when he’s finished the pills - that’s if it lets me without a script. It says one a day for 2 weeks but I was only given 8 so it might have to be every second day. (And from what I’ve seen it’s usually a couple times a week?)

::: spoiler spoiler It brings me some comfort. It kind of feels sometimes like she’s still with me. And she hasn’t been forgotten about. :::

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d (3 replies)

::: spoiler Title Can see both sides. Is there some way to make it a ritual? At a time of day sit/hug her? Like morning and night, hug and talk to her, then move. I am not saying move on or that you restrict your feelings but I find it helps to ritualise grief, by allowing it it's space you can feel all the feelings and also live? Sorry not being articulate.

(For reference triggered to cry my eyes out over someone who's been gone for a decade today. So I get it. Any way through is ok. ) :::

Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 129d

Grief isn't trauma. They're different things. Melba can hug that urn as often and as long as they need

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

I hug the urn at night because she used to sleep in my arms

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d

hugs

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d

ok. hugs

bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 129d (6 replies)

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RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 129d (1 reply)